Wildscapes

What is Wildscapes?

Interview with the Chief Executive of our parent company the Wildlife Trut for Sheffield and Rotherham, Nigel Doar.

Can you explain why Wildscapes was set up?

The Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham was increasingly approached by developers, land managers and private businesses for advice and professional help to improve their natural assets.  They wanted to be associated with an organisation that genuinely cared about the natural world. Access to our expertise and professional skills helps businesses improve developments, while maintaining their values towards people and nature; so in 2007, Wildscapes CIC was born.

What is the connection between Wildscapes and the Wildlife Trust for Sheffield & Rotherham?

 Wildscapes is owned entirely by the Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham; its ethos and moral stance is influenced by the Trust’s knowledge and passion for nature.  With many of the local regeneration programmes the Trust has been involved in completed, it made sense to bring our knowledge and skills to the wider market. The recent economic downturn makes it all the more important for businesses to think sustainably, and for the Trust to have a strong and effective consultancy generating income for the charity.

In what ways can businesses benefit from the expertise offered by Wildscapes?

 Wildscapes offers high quality, cost effective services for your business, while contributing to making your town, city or village greener and more sustainable.  Working with Wildscapes means access to the staff, knowledge, and expertise of both Wildscapes and The Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham, along with a network of 47 Wildlife Trusts across the country.  From natural landscape design and community engagement in planning to detailed management plans and practical management, Wildscapes delivers a comprehensive service. Through all this, our work generates funds for South Yorkshire’s number one nature conservation charity, and contributes directly to the creation of the Wildlife Trust’s vision of a Living Landscape in which people and nature prosper.